Old BBC 2 program

[Mortblanc]

How soon we forget.

Fallout was always the big fear in nuke exchange, capable of far more damage for a longer time than the initial blast. it is why all above ground testing was outlawed and why we were advised not to drink rainwater or eat snow back in the 1960s.

Fallout was the reason they evacuated so much of the Chernobyl area, why food was considered contaminated from such a wide area and is still responsible for many continued problems.

They did not even show the "nuclear rains" that were anticipated, that would last for weeks and drop contaminated water over the countryside.

EMP was never a big concern, since the EMP would not extend much farther than the blast zone and everything inside that area would be melted anyway. You did not really care if your electronics were fried if you were dead anyway.